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Deccan College Post-Graduate
The Deccan is a plateau extending over an area of and occupies the majority of the Indian peninsula. It stretches from the Satpura Range, Satpura and Vindhya Ranges in the north to the northern fringes of Tamil Nadu in the south. It is bound by the mountain ranges of the Western Ghats and the Eastern Ghats on the sides, which separate the region from the Western Coastal Plains, Western and Eastern Coastal Plains respectively. It covers most of the Indian States of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh excluding the coastal regions, and minor portions of Tamil Nadu and Kerala. The plateau is marked by rocky terrain with an average elevation of about . It is subdivided into Maharashtra Plateau, Karnataka Plateau, and Rayalaseema & Telangana Plateau. The Deccan Traps in the north west were formed by multiple layers of igneous rocks laid down by basaltic lava flows following a massive volcanic eruption that occurred during the end of the Cretaceous period (66 Millio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peninsular India
South India, also known as Southern India or Peninsular India, is the southern part of the Deccan Peninsula in India encompassing the states of Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and Telangana as well as the Union territories of India, union territories of Lakshadweep and Puducherry (union territory), Puducherry, occupying 19.31% of India's area () and 20% of India's population. It is bound by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Arabian Sea in the west and the Indian Ocean in the south. The geography of the region is diverse, with two mountain ranges, the Western Ghats, Western and Eastern Ghats, bordering the plateau heartland. The Godavari River, Godavari, Krishna River, Krishna, Kaveri River, Kaveri, Penna River, Penna, Tungabhadra River, Tungabhadra and Vaigai River, Vaigai rivers are important non-Perennial stream, perennial sources of water. Chennai, Bengaluru, Hyderabad, Telangana, Hyderabad, Coimbatore and Kochi are the List of million-plus urban agglomeration ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
